brokie

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/ˈbɹoʊ̯kiː/Australia/ˈbɹɐʉkiː/

noun

A person with little or no money, a broke person.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounbrokie (plural brokies)

plural brokies

  1. slangA person with little or no money, a broke person.

Origin

From broke (“penniless, poor”) + -ie.

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Translations

Finnish persaukinen
  • persaukinena broke person
German Pleitegeier
  • Pleitegeiera broke person
Polish goły
  • gołya broke person
Portuguese liso, lisa
  • lisoa broke person
  • lisaa broke person
Cite this entry
APA

brokie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brokie

MLA

“brokie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brokie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brokie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brokie.

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